October 28,2008-
OOOoooooo! I FEEL so good! Had a bath today with my girl Eileen-she does me up sooooo good!!
They decided I needed "poodle feet", just too many things gettin caught up in those paws-so the hair had to come off and WOW what a feeling- (don't get me wrong, I LOVE the morning sessions with Carol at the sink, but I think all this foot washing is wearing her out).
I miss Jenny, she is in Florida, visiting her friend Brooke, but Nathan is here and he took us to a big mountain on Sunday. It was a perfectly beautiful day-you could see Mt Adams and Mt. Hood so clearly (that's all I heard them say, all day long....). We turned off of Hwy 35 and begin climbing-the vegetation was creeping into the road-I had my nose out the window taking in all the smells of the woods. Half way up, Nathan turned into what looked like a logging road and parked. We all got out, I HAD to and I marched up the road all over freshly cut pine trees-wrong move-I was covered with pine sap (hence the "poodle feet" now)-so that kept Carol occupied!
Nathan donned his gear and headed down. When they were finished resurfacing my paws we raced down the mountain and waited for him. It didn't take long and he was flying by us!!! Oh! to be a human boy just long enough to ride a bike!!! Carol taught him, she could teach ME!! We all enjoyed it so much, we did it a second time!! A few hours later, we drove over the river to Bingen and had a nice cool drink and a slice of pie (pizza pie, that is!!) Of course I had to stay in the car (like a good Gorge Dog) but I did enjoy the aroma of prosciutto on every one's breath!!
Carol is boxing up some apples she got on the "fruitloop" and Barney is looking at a rock he picked up at Ruthton park. We are going to Portland tomorrow, something about getting Barney enrolled at the VA clinic and we get to pick up Jenny at the airport-YEA!! I get to set in her lap-and I am so clean!!
I love a good roadtrip-even a short one. I've been everywhere, man-I've been everywhere.........
later..............
jack